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Featured Beer: Pizza Port Palapa IPA

If you’re wondering where the hell the sun went and May Gray has you feelin’ ho-hum, get your hands on a six-pack of liquid sunshine: Pizza Port Palapa IPA! We guarantee you it’ll make you feel like summer is finally here, even if the weather isn’t cooperating. The first thing you’ll notice is the...

When There Are Nine - Samuel Adams names a beer after Ruth Bader Ginsburg

What?! Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is getting a beer named after her. This Friday Samuel Adams beer is celebrating International Women's Day with a Belgian Brut IPA designed by female brewers at Sam Adams to benefit the Pink Boot's Society. Pour us a glass of some Notorious RBG!...

Ever ask a brewer what they drink to keep themselves refreshed while wielding the mash paddle over a steamy brewhouse? It’s typically NOT a hazy IPA or a pastry stout (as delicious as they are sometimes), rather, it’s something lighter, crisper and…well…often cornier. It’s a style that lends itself...

Rock & Roll Happy Hour Featuring Saint Archer Brewing

This week sees the roll-out of a locally brewed, Coachella-compatible crusher in a can. And it just so happens that Jeremy and Ken (LUCKY!) are some of the first guys in town to get their mitts around one of ‘em. Saint Archer R& D Brewer Greg Garrity, Marketing Man Don Li and Dani from...

Rock & Roll Happy Hour Featuring Benchmark Brewing

Our good friends Matt and Rachel Akin are back with Jeremy and Ken in the studio this week…and, of course, they’re bringing along PLENTY of beer flavored beer. After all, that’s Benchmark’s specialty—and boy howdy, do they do a fan-#*@%ing-tastic job with it! Here’s a preview of the beers in store...

Hazy IPA vs Brut IPA? Can’t We All Just Learn To Get Along?

Watch Ken and Jeremy dive into the debate with a custom, collaborative four pack from two of their favoritest brewers. AleSmith Brewing Company and Second Chance Beer Co. teamed up to create the Blendomatic IPA. Second Chance provides the Brut IPA and AleSmith brings the Hazy IPA. We tried them...

Featured Beer: Societe Brewing's "The Pugilist" Dry Irish Stout

So, what’ll ya have for Saint Patrick’s Day this year? Green beer? WRONG! (Making a cheap beer green doesn’t make it taste any better. Duh.) Irish Coffee? WRONG! (It’s a waste of sweet, sweet whiskey and does nothing to flatter the goodness of a local roast.) Or maybe that famous beer from the Old...

Featured Winter Beer: AleSmith Speedway Stout

It seems there are endless versions of coffee stouts on the shelf. Some with chocolate added. Some with vanilla. Some aged in a vintage barrel of Kentucky bourbon. The possibilities are endless and some are pretty damn good. We’ve featured a couple of our favorites during past winters (Port’s Santa...

Ah, San Diego—a city that forks over more cheddar for bee r and other grown-up beverages per capita than any other city in the US of A. The more we drink, the better we look! No wonder we’re America’s Finest City! (Weather’s not too shabby either.) And although EVERY week is Beer Week, we are...

Featured Beer: Council Brewing Co. Bully Pulpit IPA

Remember National IPA Day? If you answered “Yes,” you probably weren’t partaking with as much gusto and Jeremy and Ken, who celebrated the occasion—after a few days of “field research”—by posting their “Top Ten IPA’s” When we made up our lists, however, we overlooked a local gem that we’ve loved...